/*********************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2003 Andrew Khan
 * <p>
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * <p>
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * <p>
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ***************************************************************************/

package jxl.biff;

import jxl.Sheet;

/**
 * An interface containing some common workbook methods.  This so that
 * objects which are re-used for both readable and writable workbooks
 * can still make the same method calls on a workbook
 */
public interface WorkbookMethods {
    /**
     * Gets the specified sheet within this workbook
     *
     * @param index the zero based index of the required sheet
     * @return The sheet specified by the index
     */
    public Sheet getReadSheet(int index);

    /**
     * Gets the name at the specified index
     *
     * @param index the index into the name table
     * @return the name of the cell
     * @exception NameRangeException
     */
    public String getName(int index) throws NameRangeException;

    /**
     * Gets the index of the name record for the name
     *
     * @param name the name
     * @return the index in the name table
     */
    public int getNameIndex(String name);
}
